Long Xiruo was sitting cross-legged in the room with her eyes closed—in her current form as a child.
This room was the most private place in a villa belonging to Xuanyuan Palace in Mount Tai. Gui Qianyi had arranged a large number of defensive measures both inside and outside the room.
Long Xiruo had come here not to recuperate or anything of the sort, but to concentrate fully on operating her created body. Every use of the created body had a time limit, required Long Xiruo to expend her own vital essence and blood, and consumed a tremendous amount of her Mental Power in the process.
Her current level of Mental Power was almost no different from that of an ordinary human child. At most, her resilience and willpower were inhuman. Even so, continuously using the created shell was an enormous burden for her.
At that moment, sweat covered Long Xiruo's crystal-clear face. Luo Pianxian, who was accompanying her in the room, gently wiped it away.
Luo Pianxian stared nervously at Dragon Sister, growing anxious inside. I wonder when that person is finally leaving.
A guest had come to the villa today, and he was also from Xuanyuan Palace. He seemed to hold a status in Xuanyuan Palace comparable to Elder Gui. As soon as he arrived, he had directly called Elder Gui by name, without the slightest hint of politeness.
His name was Gongsun Shiyu.
A little earlier.
"Gongsun Shiyu?" Long Xiruo had just returned to the villa from the pool. Her mood was already terrible, and hearing this particularly irritating name the moment she came back only made it worse. "Why did this guy leave his lair instead of staying there properly?"
Gui Qianyi shook his head. "I'm curious about that too. But since Gongsun has come